Score device



Sept. 4, 19.28.

BY M M )LA A TTORNE Y.

Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES :EMIL DEISTER, JR., 0F FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

SCORE DEVICE.

Application filed January 29, 1927. Serial No. 164,404.

The invention relates to devices for indicating the points to be made ina game.

In the present embodiment of the invention the score commonly used inbridge whist is shown in combination with a pencil, but the invention isadaptableA to Various games.

rlhe object of the invention is to provide a simple device by which thepoints to be scored in a game are selectively indicated, and a furtherobject is to provide the device with means by which to indicate at alltimes during the progress of a hand the particular trump suit and thebid that has been made.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyiiig drawings in whichFigure 1 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2 an enlarged view of thescore sheet that is wrapped about the exterior of the barrel; Fig. 3 aplan view of the adjustable sleeve; Fig. 4 an end view of the sleeve;Fig. 5 a plan view of the telescoping stem or plunger and Fig. 6 anenlarged view of the honor and penalty score sheet that is wrapped aboutthe telescoping stem or lunger.

In the illustrative embodiment of the invention, the device ispreferably formed in four portions or parts. Portion 1 is a barrel )penat opposite ends. Portion 2 is a lead pencil of desired form that isinserted in one end of the barrel. Portion 3 is a sleeve mounted on thebarrel for longitudinal and rotary movement thereon and having anaperture 4 therein and portion 5 is a stem or plunger having an eraser 6carried at its outer end, the stem being reciprocably and revolublymounted in the barrel l.

A table 7 is suitably formed or displayed 0n the outer surface of thebarrel 1, a simple form being to imprint the table on a sheet and Wrapit about and secure it to the barrel. This table, for the purpose of abridge game, contains a plurality of columns of characters, the firstcolumn 8 contains the digits representing the number of tricks thesuccessful bidder is required to take; the columns 9 indicaterespectively the suit, and the columns 10 indicate the values of thetricks including the double and redoubled values arranged in horizontalalinement with the bid digits of the column 8 and also corresponding tothe arrangement of the suit indicia in the columns 9.

The aperture 4 in the sleeve 3 is sufficiently large to expose any oneof the values of a trick in the columns 10.

When a bid has been made the sleeve is adjusted longitudinally on thebarrel until its forward edge registers with the suit Column that hasbeen bid, and it is then rotated on the barrel until the aperture is inalinement with the digit in the column 8 that represents the bid. Thebid is thereby recorded and subsequent disagreement as to its nature isavoided.

When the hand has been finished the bid score is read through theaperture 4. The stem or plungerI 5 bears thereon a table l1 of theestablished honors and penalties of the. game or other information ofthe game being played. By withdrawing this plunger the information is atonce available and the total score may be entered on the score pad.

The score keeper is thus equipped not only with means by which the bidis recorded and indicated but he has all the requirements which at aglance give him the details necessary to enter the earned score.

W'liat I claim is:

1. A card game scoring device comprising a cylindrical member, a tableon the member consistingl of a plurality of peripheral columns ofindicia, the items of which are also arranged in longitudinal parallelrows, one of said columns containing a sequence of numerals to indicatethe number of tricks bid, others of said columns indicating the severalcard suits and the remainder of said columns indicating the values ofthe said tricks according to the said suits, and an apertured sleeveslidably and rotatably mounted on the member and adapted to be adj ustedto indicate any suit and to cause the aperture to expose the value ofthe number' of tricks bid in said suit.

2. A card game scoring device comprising a cylindrical member, a tableon the member consisting of a plurality of peripheral columns ofindicia, the items of which are also arranged in longitudinal parallelrows, one of said columns containing a sequence of numorals to indicatethe number of tricks bid, others of said columns indicating the severalcard suits and the remainder of said columns indicating the values ofthe said tricks according to the said suits, an apertured sleeveslidably and rotatably mounted on the member and adapted to be adjustedto indicate any suit and to cause the aperture to expose the value ofthe number of tricks bid in said suit, and a member slidably carried bythe cylindrical member and having thereon a table indicating otherpoints to be scored in the game.

3. A card game scoring device comprising a cylindrical member, a tableon the member consisting of a plurality of peripheral eolumns ofindicia, the items of which arealso arranged in longitudinal parallelrows, one of said columns containing a sequence of numerals to indicatethe number of tricks bid, others of said columns indicating the severalcard suits and the remainder of said columns indicating the values ofthe said tricks aocording to the said suits, an apertured sleeveslidably and rotatably mounted on the member and adapted te lie/adjustedto indicate any su-itfandto cause the aperture to expose the value ofthe number of tricks bid in said suit, and aV member slidably carried bythe cylinderical member and having thereon a table indicating honor andpenalty points to be scored in the game.

In Witness whereof I'have hereunto signed my name this 14th day ofJanuary, 1927.

EMIL DEISTER, JR.

